KINGSPORT — Mary E. Hoskin Hampton, 83, of Kingsport, went home Friday (July 16, 2010) at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center.
Mary was born in Knoxville Tenn. to the late Sam Hoskin and Edith Hoskin.
She was married to the late Robert Buford Hampton and resided in Stonega, Va. Mary worked as a head start teacher for young children in Appalachia Elementary School which she enjoyed. Mary enjoyed singing. Mary was a member of Shiloh Baptist Church where she sung in the Mass Choir.
In addition to her parents, she was preceeded in death by her husband, Robert Buford Hampton; brother, Bobby Hoskin; sister, Barbara Jean Squire; (daughter), Shirley Bethea; (sons), James Hampton, Buford Hampton Jr., Johnny Hampton; grandson, Donald Hampton; great-granddaughter, Mckenzie Lyons; nephew, Tony Squire; three brothers-in-law, Bobby Zanders, Eugene Dinkins and Charles Milbro; one son-in-law, Russel Watterson S r.
She leaves to cherish fond memories, (seven daughters), Ruthie Wells, Plainsfield N.J., Mary Bond, Kingsport, Doris Williams and husband, Johnny Williams, Jenkins Ky., Patricia Stover and husband, Charles Stover, Kingsport, Anita Cox and husband, Edward Cox, Church Hill, Peggy Turner and husband, Lawrence Turner, Kingsport and Brenda Watterson, Kingsport; (three sons), Robert O. Hampton and wife, Jenney Hampton, Cincinatti Ohio, Ronald Hampton and wife, Sharon Hampton, Cincinatti Ohio and William Hampton, Kingsport; (four sisters), Lucille Zanders, Ruth Hoskin, Juanita Dinkins and Wilma Milbro, all of Big Stone Gap, Va.; (brother), Samuel Hoskin Jr., Richmond Va.; 26 grandchildren; and a host of nieces nephews and great-grand children.
Visitation will be conducted on Wednesday from noon until 2 p.m. at the Shiloh Baptist Church.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at the church with Pastor Kenneth Calvert officiating.
Burial will follow in Oak Hill Memorial Park with sons-in-law and grandsons serving as pallbearers.
The staff of Oak Hill Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Mrs. Mary Hampton.
